gram
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 4
/ˈɡɹæm/
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/ˈɡɹæm/ · /ˈɡɹeə̯m/ · /ˈɡrɛə̯m/
Definition of gram
13 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g.
“Holonyms: kilogram < megagram < gigagram”
“Meronyms: picogram < nanogram < microgram < milligram”
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noun
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A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g.
“Holonyms: kilogram < megagram < gigagram”
“Meronyms: picogram < nanogram < microgram < milligram”
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(countable, uncountable)A leguminous plant grown for its seeds, especially the chickpea.
“The next class of farinaceous foods are the Pulses, as peas, beans, and lentils of this country, and the dholls and grams of India.”
- (uncountable)The seeds of these plants.
- (colloquial)Grandmother.
- (dated)A gramophone recording.
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of 'gram (“Instagram”)
- (US, alt-of, misspelling)Misspelling of graham.
name
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(alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of 'gram (“Instagram”)
“Keep my business off the gram / Switch my style like I switch hands / Going to war, on foreign land / Fuck out the way bitch back it up / Shit better get played in a palace”
- A surname.
- A town in Denmark.
- (US)A male given name Alternative form of Graham.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal)Clipping of Instagram.
“Very good,” the store owner said, eyeing the slits on the side of the dress that exposed Naeema's cinnamon brown skin. “Makeup?” she asked. “Do it for the Gram!” the woman said holding up a cell phone. Naeema held up one finger, blocking ...”
verb
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of 'gram (“Instagram”)
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From French gramme, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma, “a small weight, a scruple”). Doublet of gramma.
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